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What Happens in the Periphery
Skill is not transferable. This is why many shooters who are trying to get better are going to a good shooter they know, but quickly become frustrated with trying to see what the good shot sees. Everything we do when shooting a shotgun at a moving target happens in the periphery. Everything we perceive in our periphery is 3/10ths of a second behind real time. It is not real, which leads to the visual confusion. ... Read more…
Don’t Get Fooled!
If your barrel's not on the bird, you're going to miss it in front. These are the kinds of things you need to give your brain instructions in great detail. You don't want it to get fooled by the illusion. We have learned that the brain will anticipate the arrival of the target automatically as long as our nose is on the target. When the target comes to the lead, as you match speed your brain is deadly. Whatever the le... Read more…
What Does It Take to Be More Consistent?
Put 100 shotgun shooters in a room and ask all of them to raise their hands if they would like to be more consistent with their shotguns and everyone in the room will raise their hands. But how many of them will leave their hands up when you ask who is willing to actually spend time watching some videos and practicing sight pictures so you can visualize the shot you’re asking the brain to execute before ... Read more…
Believe in "Regardless of Result"
You will never rise to the level of your goals. You will always fall to the level of your systems in preparation. Now, when you can internalize that, then that means if you don't do well, you need to improve your system of preparation. At the beginning of the 100-yard dash, everybody has the same goal - to win. But the guy that wins has the best system in preparation out of everybody there who's running, and one begets... Read more…
Responding to a Compliment
When you shoot well and you get a compliment you should always attach your gratitude to that person. First, you have to look them in the eye and say, “Thank you for noticing." And it needs to be sincere. We've always tried to help people to attach their good score to several specific things that I've been working on as an affirmation to their brain and self-image. "Hey, your hard work has paid off, man. I've been worki... Read more…
